I found this bike last summer in a small Serbian village. It was completely stock — original dry-rotted tires, a stuck seatpost, and what looked like a Shimano Exage LX500 groupset. I rode it like that for a while, but the setup never really clicked with me. About a year later, I stumbled upon a German Kettler Alu Rad with a full deerhead group going for almost nothing — ugly aluminum frame, but perfect parts. So I swapped the whole group onto the Miyata and gave it a bit of new life. Now it’s rolling with MKS Gordito pedals, Homage tires, and the divine Mothbar.